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Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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3. It is natural to look for evidence that support your own beliefs

Reply to sharedvalues (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 3, 2018, 09:02 AM

Mar 2018

Don't you think?

It seems to be cheap and easy for the pro-RKBA side to do nothing to actually finance studies into causes of violence.

OTOH it's also seems cheap and easy for the pro-regulation side to do nothing to actually finance studies into causes of violence but to lie and say the GOP made a law preventing the CDC from doing the research.

A great step forward was the 2013 study Obama ordered from the CDC. It's time for another Democrat to take up his lead.

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Limited facts on gun control, because of GOP/NRA backed ban on federal research funding (RAND) [View all] sharedvalues Mar 2018 OP

RAND may be nonpartisan, but they do tend to favor "market driven" solutions heavy on econometrics DBoon Mar 2018 #1

Agreed. RAND is technocratic and in some ways leans toward pro-market solutions sharedvalues Mar 2018 #2

It is natural to look for evidence that support your own beliefs discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2018 #3

I'll let this study speak for itself. It is wide-ranging and filled with data. n/m sharedvalues Mar 2018 #4

I conclude from reading most of your OPs... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2018 #5

You're right sharedvalues Mar 2018 #6

Good faith? discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2018 #7